Pilot of Wrecked Fighter Unidentified
MELBOURNE, Sunday: R.A.A.F. authorities believe that the wreckage of the aircraft found near Walhalla, Gippsland…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
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Vic. Premier "Wrecking Price Control"
CANBERRA, Sunday: Mr. Alan Fraser, labor M.H.R., for Eden Monaro, in a broadcast tonight, said the Victorian Premier (Mr…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: There was "deliberate sabotage" to the interstate freighter, Kooralya, Just after she left Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Sabotage" Barcelona Madrid Express Wreck
A Madrid message says that deliberate sabotage is held responsible for the derailment of the Barcelona-Madrid express on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Sunk Off South Coast One Survivor out of 14 Aboard
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday — One seaman who floated all night is the only survivor so far picked up from the 540 tons…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday: Two seaman who floated all night are the only survivors so far picked up from the 4400 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bad Weather Holds up Sea Search Hope for Wreck Survivors Wanes
SYDNEY, Thursday: The search for survivors from the coastal steamer Bombo had to be practically abandoned today because of driving rain and wind…
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Murray Valley Coaches Limited announce that plans have peen approved for the construction of a new vessel to replace the paddie…
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GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), wednesday—Twenty passengers, including women and children, are believed to have died as a result…
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BERLIN, Monday: A British airlift plane missing since Saturday was found yesterday crashed in the Soviet zone with all four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mexican Railways "Just a Joke" One Wreck a Week Average
NEW YORK: Mexico's rickety government-owned railroads, which have averaged a wreck a week for the last six months…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Abandoned by her crew, the wrecked collier Munmorah is rapidly breaking up on a Bellambi…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Wrecked; Was Searching for "Paradise Isle"
LONDON, Sunday: The 73 foot ketch Reliance, which left Fleetwood on May 18 with Frank Davison and his wife on a world cruise in search of a "Paradise Isle," was wrecked yesterday in a huge cave near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Steamer Overdue Cyclone Has Moved Out to Sea
SYDNEY, Monday—The small coastal steamer Ulmarra is now many hours overdue on a voyage from the clarence River…
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SYDNEY, Friday—The 7000-ton Italian freighter Orione was driven ashore by violent winds in Sydney Harbor today, and is now fast on the rocks. It has not yet been ascertained how badly the…
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SYDNEY: The 7,000 ton Italian freighter "Orione" was driven ashore by violent winds in Sydney, harbor to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Channel Steamer Sunk by Mine; 5 Believed Dead
DUNKIRK, Wed. (A.A.P.): Five Belgian engine-room ratings are believed to have been killed when the 2980-ton Belgian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sth, Aust. Ketch Reaches U.s.a. in 74 Days
LOS ANGELES, Tuesday (A.A.P.): After a 9800-mile journey from Melbourne in [?] days the South Australian…
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LOS ANGELES. Sunday (A.A.P.): The Australian ketch. Kurrewa III. slid down the ways into Willington Harbor…
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LONDON, Monday—Fifty-nine people were killed, 14 are missing, and 35 were seriously injured in an explosion which…
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